Dear Dr. Roach: Several months ago, I developed a case of a bigeminy heartbeat. My cardiologist prescribed metoprolol. At ...

Ventricular bigeminy occurs when every other beat is a PVC. No treatment is necessary for PVCs. If symptomatic, beta-blockers or antiarrhythmic drugs can be effective. Rarely, ablation of PVCs is ...

Bigeminy, more precisely ventricular bigeminy, is a term most people probably haven’t heard of. Ventricular bigeminy is when every other beat is a PVC and alternates with regular beats.

Commonly it will be an actual abnormal heart rhythm - anything from extra beats like PVCs (premature ventricular contraction) to arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter or SVT ...

Ventricular bigeminy occurs when every other beat is a PVC. No treatment is necessary for PVCs. If symptomatic, beta-blockers or antiarrhythmic drugs can be effective. Rarely, ablation of PVCs is ...